2011 Mini Cooper Countryman
Everyone (well, almost everyone) likes the Mini Cooper - the reincarnated, updated version of the micro-car Brit car of the 1960s. The problem has been that not everyone can use the...
2014 Lexus ES350
Who says badge engineering can't work?
GM (and Ford, too) got heckled for years . . . for doing it wrong. For taking, say, a Chevy Cavalier, adding some chrome here, a...
2010 Porsche Boxster
Why do Porsches continue to sell?
You can get exotic car performance in a modern car for much less than exotic car money. A slightly tweaked Mitsubishu EVO will do 12 second...
2013 Infiniti Q56
The Hummer may be history but there are still ways to stick your finger in the eye of political correctness.
For instance, you could buy a new Infiniti Q56.
It is Elvis...
2010 Hyundai Sante Fe
Here's something uncommon: a manual six-speed transmission as an available feature in a medium-sized crossover SUV.
The Hyundai Sante Fe is almost unique in this respect.
But it's not the only area where...
2011 Land Rover LR2
Johnny Cash "walked the line" - and that's pretty much Land Rover's task, too. People expect LR vehicles to be leaders in off-road capability - as well as on-road civility.
The...
2015 VW Golf
The Beetle is cute and lately, butch - but the VW that consistently sells best (and which has done so, for a long time) is the Golf ... which was once the Rabbit...
2012 Mazda5: It puts the “mini” back in “van”
If you think about it, most current "minivans" aren't.
They're pretty huge, actually.
The 2011 Toyota Sienna, for example, is 200.2 inches long, has a 119.3 inch wheelbase and weighs 4,275 lbs.
It's a...
2011 Nissan Maxima
Competition is good - but not always necessarily for the seller.
When Nissan introduced the Maxima way back in 1981, the idea of a "four door sports car" - as the car...
2020 Lexus GX460
If you want to really go off-road - as opposed to off into the grass - and be really comfortable - without being too big - there aren’t many options.
Which makes...